Why does the indexing start with zero in 'C'?

Question

Why does the indexing in an array start with zero in C and not with 1?

Answer 1

I am from a Java background. I Have presented answer to this question in the diagram below which i have written in a piece of paper which is self explanatory

Main Steps:

1. Creating Reference
2. Instantiation of Array
3. Allocation of Data to array

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• Also note when array is just instantiated .... Zero is allocated to all the blocks by default until we assign value for it
• Array starts with zero because first address will be pointing to the reference (i:e - X102+0 in image)

Note: Blocks shown in the image is memory representation